Poll Shows Republicans Upset with Federal Government

Phoenix, AZ – Pollster Scott Rasmussen found that 79 percent of Republicans hequestioned said they're very angry at federal policies. Another15 percent described themselves as somewhat angry. By contrast,Democrats seem relatively content, what with having control ofthe White House and both houses of Congress. In fact, Rasmussenfound that nearly half of all Democrats said they were not veryangry, with another 20 percent saying they have no anger at allat the politicos and policies in Washington. But Rasmussen saidthat doesn't mean elected Democrats can rest easy even indistricts where they have a plurality.

(Ultimately, people just don't think anybody in Washington islistening. 68 percent of voters nationwide say that they don'tthink members of Congress care what their constituents think.Hardly anybody believes their own representative in Congressbelieves their own representative is the best person for thejob.)

And Rasmussen found that, even among Democrats, 43 percentbelieve that neither party's leaders -- not their own nor the GOP-- have a good understanding of what is needed today. Thatsentiment is not lost on Republicans: Several GOP congressionalcandidates are running commercials trying to equate theirDemocratic foes with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. For ArizonaPublic Radio this is Howard Fischer.